Audacity

Audacity is a freeware DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) for beginners. For someone who has never worked with a DAW before, Audacity provides a simple entry into audio recording. The user interface is simply designed, but handling tasks such as cutting can be a bit awkward. In addition, there are also proprietary plugins for editing audio tracks, which function okay to start with, but are not miracle tools. Considering it's available for free, Audacity is a solid start to audio editing.